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WHY BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNITE IN A COMPANY OR BUSINESS FINALLY MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES

Submitted to Contest #95

WHY BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNITE IN A COMPANY OR BUSINESS FINALLY MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES. By Laurent Christopher Bilihanyuma_Author_ Tanzania, East Africa.24/05/2021.Uniting in business is something very potential to meet success in future time in business as basically mean ;come or bring together for a common purpose or action. That is profit.Uniting people into independent functional units serves the needs of business managers. It fosters order and control. Every business does it.Uniting people into cross-functional, cross-functi...

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Why Ethical dilemmas are faced by carers and people with dementia?

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Why Ethical dilemmas are faced by carers and people with dementia?By Laurent Christopher Bilihanyuma,Author_Tanzania, East Africa. 24/05/2021 When it reach a point leaders fail to go or to stand ,Remaining quiet while things get broken, not speaking while he/she suppose to speak; it brings about difficulties on how to succeed in life we have. Leaders become dilemma when An ethical dilemma (ethical paradox or moral dilemma) as a problem in decision-making process between two possible options, neither of which is absolutely acceptable f...

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The Warmth of Apple Pie

Submitted to Contest #95

The Warmth of Apple Pie By: K.L. Wilborn The man in the McDonald’s drive thru blurted out the familiar tune to Justin Bieber’s Peaches, only, the lyrics were different from the original song. “I get my milk down from Kroger, where they get it, I don’t.” His SUV idled behind a young couple while they all waited for the line to move. Caleb, and Samantha waited to approach the drive thru window. Samantha turned back and glanced through the rear window to see the thin-white hair of the elderly man flopping back and forth as he belted ...

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WARNING: LIFE CROSS-ROADS AHEAD

Submitted to Contest #95

Being a teenager has advantages and disadvantages, but throughout life living and learning decisions must be made. Mistakes are learning essentials for carving the pathway into young adulthood. Exploration is another key for making progress such as taking a step forward. Sometimes, a repeat of the same vision takes place in order to ensure that mistakes are taken seriously aka lessons learned. The manifold of realization has to be set inward before contemplations are met. Therefore, as the subjects may vary, the situation does not change esp...

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3 birds with one Stone

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I was an average person who lives far away from the city. Peaceful place with out the sound of moving cars, machineries, trains so therefore a place with no pollution. It was my grandmother's place in the province. I've decided to stay here to escape from reality whereas people judge each other. People take advantage to the others. People who are abusive. People who will only think of their self. The green fields of this place always reminds me of solemness and calmness. Sometimes I wander on the fields to see what the other people are doing...

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It Gets Better

Submitted to Contest #95

TW: Mental health issuesIt reached a point where it probably wasn’t safe for me to be alone in my home with my often dangerous thoughts. The symptoms were bad, I admit. I couldn’t get out of bed, my focus was terrible, people had to repeat things to me when I bothered to communicate with other humans at all. Everything felt far away from me, like the world around me was in another dimension and I was just holed up in my own little bubble. All sounds would dim, and even my eyes would blur at the edges of my vision. I felt like a zom...

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Crossroads

Submitted to Contest #95

Two routes lie before me. Two different lives lie before me. How do I choose? Both paths are guaranteed to bring me happiness, growth, freedom. There are pros and cons, known and unknown to each. I guess it ultimately depends on what I truly want out of life. But what do I truly want? To feel successful, that's a given. Both will give me that in one way or another. To feel part of something bigger and better than myself. Technically both will give that to me as well. One more than the other, but I am still hesitant. Why? Why is it so dif...

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The Yes Man

Submitted to Contest #95

There were many times when Herold’s mother told him that he needs to make decisions instead of staying complacent. Hannah tried to teach her son to be more like her than his father. Herold’s father had been a man that never took anything seriously and didn’t think he needed anything to do with his son’s life. Now it wasn’t that Herold was lazy, it was just that he struggled with making clear-cut decisions. His ability to weigh the pros and cons of situations often left him stammering for an answer. Leading to many missed opportunities. ...

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Between the two doors

Submitted to Contest #95

Have you ever believed there was a reason you were here on earth? Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you never existed? What impact have you had on people and society as a whole? It is hard to see that, but if we look deeply into our lives like Milly Gaves once did. Milly Gaves was just at the age of 25 when her life changed forever. Milly worked part-time in an Olive Garden while trying to get her marketing degree in college. She left out her one-bedroom apartment going to work one night after a full day of classes. She was t...

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Caught in a dilemma

Submitted to Contest #95

CAUGHT IN A DILEMMA “What am I going to do next?” she sat in her bedroom, with the quick pregnancy test in her left hand. It had double lines, it had turned out positive. It was just one night with her married friend and she was pregnant. They had been friends straight from her first year at university, they had got to know each other through his brother who was her course-mate. And when Marvin had finally made up his mind to move to US, London, he had asked to see her for the last time. “That’s where my wife lives and I have finally decided...

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The Girl With Fire In Her Eyes

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CW: Mentions of murder and crime (but not much)You hold the hilt of the dagger in your hands, its metal pressing against your frostbitten arm. You've never held a weapon before, and wielding one makes you feel strong. Powerful. You take a deep breath and run the blade through the rope, slitting it into two with a snap that makes your blood run cold."Go," you say in a voice so hoarse you can't believe it's yours.The ten-year-old girl, the one you've just freed, looks up at you with large eyes, as if she can't believe you're letting her go. Sh...

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Double Dog Dare

Submitted to Contest #94

Reedsy WRITING CONTEST #243: Stubborn as a Bull 2. Start your story with someone accepting a dare.                “I dare you”, said the email. Not exactly, I dare you, but that’s what it implied, and it wasn’t an elementary school dare to eat paste, or a middle school prank to run naked around the house during a slumber party. No, it wasn’t like that. This was more of a self-improvement challenge, a supportive study buddy or work out partner t...

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The Stubborn Old Man

Submitted to Contest #94

"Achoo!" It started as a slight annoyance, but after a month it now challenged his sanity. "Achoo! Achoo!" David clenched the arms of his chair so tight you could hear the leather grinding from the next room. His left leg tapped as if it were trying to express his aggravation through a foot version of Morse Code. The blood vessels in his eyes throbbed and strained from his failing efforts to make words appear on the blank page by staring at it. That second cup of coffee wasn't doing his blood pressure or dental hygiene any favors. Fearing t...

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My Beth

Submitted to Contest #95

The rain pours down tender on the roof, the darkness embraced filling the wide inner most four corners of the room, the silence that kills the soul and the spirit of the girl lying on the dirty and messy bed with uncomfortable position, eyes were wide open looking up the ceiling, while arms spread occupying the whole space the bed. Looking to nowhere and wondering why she felt differently. At the door, there was a man standing stiff and tall. His face mocked the dark into the stunning and the brightest light behind him, walking towards her. ...

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Prairie Enigma

Submitted to Contest #94

Prairie Enigma . . . by Margie Willis A pasty sky loiters over the sprawling prairie in a stance of tortured reckoning as a sporadic tumbleweed somersaults through the squandered buffalo range. An oxpecker wannabe jigs from one hairy spine to the next in search of a steady pelt that needs bug management. A lagging flock of Canadian geese hitches onto a southern bluster while scattering a fluster of honks. Buffy the bison scrapes her hoof across the ice crust, not freeing any of the dry prairie grass shielded by an unbroken pane. Winter f...

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